High school soccer participation was not associated with increased rates of depression, anxiety, or suicidal ideation in early to mid-adulthood compared to non-contact sports (all P > 0.05).
Does playing high school soccer increase the risk of mental health problems in early to middle adulthood?
2,609 individuals from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, including 221 who participated in high school soccer (without football) and 2,388 who denied participating in soccer or any contact sports.
Participating in high school soccer (without participating in football)
Not participating in soccer or any contact sports during high school
Mental health outcomes including lifetime diagnosis of depression, lifetime diagnosis of anxiety or panic disorders, suicidal ideation in the past year, psychological counseling in the past year, or current depressed mood at Waves III, IV, or Vpatient reported
Playing high school soccer is not associated with an increased risk of mental health difficulties in early to mid-adulthood.
Objectives: This study examined whether playing soccer in high school was associated with higher rates of mental health problems in early to middle adulthood. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Setting: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (“Add Health”) databases were analyzed. Participants: There were 221 individuals (53.8% women) who participated in high school soccer (without participating in football) and 2388 (67.2% women) who denied participating in soccer or any contact sports during high school. Interventions: N/A. Main Outcome Measures: This study includes longitudinal data from individuals assessed at Wave I (n = 6503; median age = 15), Wave III (median age = 22), Wave IV (median age = 29), and Wave V (n = 4196; median age = 38). We compared those who played soccer with those who did not engage in contact sports on several mental health outcomes. Results: When comparing those who played high school soccer with those who did not play contact sports, there were no differences in the proportion who had a lifetime diagnosis of depression, lifetime diagnosis of anxiety or panic disorders, suicidal ideation in the past year, psychological counseling in the past year, or current depressed mood at Waves III, IV, or V (all P -values > 0.05). In addition, we matched soccer players to control participants on biologic sex, race, and educational attainment to control for potential confounds; the results were similar and nonsignificant. Conclusions: Individuals who played soccer in high school did not have an increased rate of mental health difficulties at multiple follow-up time points during early to mid-adulthood.
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Douglas P. Terry
Grant L. Iverson
Alicia Kissinger-Knox
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
Harvard University
Massachusetts General Hospital
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Terry et al. (Thu,) reported a other. High school soccer participation was not associated with increased rates of depression, anxiety, or suicidal ideation in early to mid-adulthood compared to non-contact sports (all P > 0.05).
www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d896166c1944d70ce0758f — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000001439